What they do want is an end to long-term unemployment compensation, food stamps and legal abortions; an expanded military budget, free reign for big business to make big bucks and more guns.

These are the stereotypical accusations and characterizations now being slung with abandon as the heat is turned up on Democrats. All of it is absurd, but unfortunately, and more importantly, it is pushed with such vehemence and regularity that low-information voters come to believe nonsense is truth.

So did Attorney General Eric Holder who believes the tough questions coming at him regarding Fast and Furious, the Benghazi attack and IRS corruption were driven because of the color of his skin.

President Obama then piled on, charging the GOP with leading the debate on voter registration that puts minorities at a disadvantage.

Mounting a defense against this drivel is wearisome; which, of course, is exactly why the barrage has been unleashed. The race card, the sexist card and the heartless card are played in desperation, as a last ditch effort when the opposition is pressing advantage and the prospect of defeat becomes real.

Distractions notwithstanding, serious questions remain.

While an underling got the hatchet, recently-uncovered emails implicate Lois Lerner and government inter-agencies in their quest to persecute conservative groups and individuals. The Republican’s attempt to understand the depth of IRS corruption is not a witch hunt nor a war on women.

The IRS started the war on Catherine Engelbrecht, president of True the Vote — and every American citizen should shudder at her personal saga of pursuit by a vindictive federal government.

Eric Holder should stop whining about Congress’s “divisive attacks” and start answering the questions: Why has he not been able to determine anything about the most egregious, illegal and deadly endeavors of our federal government agencies during this administration? He’s not being persecuted because he’s black. The interrogation is because he’s either the most corrupt or incompetent AG in a lifetime.

The only one who objects to rules against cheating is a cheater. Anyone who believes voter fraud has not occurred — by both parties — is a fool. And the notion of disenfranchisement of minorities is unfounded — as many poor whites would be affected as blacks. This is about securing our most precious right, period.

Objection to amnesty and insistence on border security is not objection to immigration reform. Many legal immigrants object to the Democrats’ formula for embracing illegals.

Finally, Democrats pinned Republicans with the “war on women” because they didn’t want to pin themselves with the war against unborn babies.

Cards played in desperation will make for a losing hand come November.